Prepared by ADALBERTO DURAU BUENO NETTO,Consultant of SEBRAE – The Brazilian Service for Small and Micro Enterprise, Brazil, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Parana Network for APL Clusters Support (an official governmental and private permanent work group to build capacity and design policies to support the development of LPA Clusters in the State of Parana Brazil)

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